Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

second. I have a second. Yes. Start the vote. Mr. Early, yes. Mr. Horton, yes. Mr. Collins, yes. Mr. Moore, yes. Mr. Bryant, yes.

And I vote yes. MOA each member to certify certification resolution. Whereas the Carol County Board of Supervisors convene a close session this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and on the motion to close the meeting in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Whereas section 2.2-3711D of the code of Virginia requires a certification by the board of supervisors that such close session was conducted in conformity with Virginia law. We went into close session under section 2.2-3711D 2-3711D under A1, A3, A6, A8, and A29. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the C County Board of Supervisors hereby certifies that to the best of each member's knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act were heard, discussed, or considered in the close session to which his certification applies. And only such business matters as were identified in the motion by which this close session was convened were heard, discussed, or considered in the meeting to which the certification applies. I'll ask each one to certify starting. Mr. Collins,

I certify. Mr. Bryant, I certify. Mr. Horton, I say certify. Mr. Early, I certify. Mr. Moore, I so certify. And I say certify. That brings us next on agenda is invocation and pledge. I will ask Mr. Bryant if you lead us, please. Let's pray. Dear heavenly father, we thank you for another opportunity to be here tonight to uh make decisions for the county. God, we just pray that you just guide us in those decisions and we give you praise for that in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Next on agenda is citizens time. Anyone sign up, Chris? Okay. Okay. Next on agenda would be the minutes that you received. I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes. I'll make that motion. Okay. Have a motion by Mr. Horton, second by Mr. Moore. Yes. Okay. Start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early?

Yes. And I vote yes. Okay. Next on the agenda is the consent calendar. I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar that you received in your make a motion we approve. Okay. Motion by Mr. Collins. We'll have a second. Second. Okay. Second. I'll start the vote to Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Moore. Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Bryant? Yes. And I vote yes. Next on the agenda is the invoices. Uh A is November 17, 2025. And B is December 1st, 2025. I will entertain a motion to approve those separate or together. Make a motion we approve them together. They have a motion with Mr. Collins. I have a second. Second. Okay. I'll start the vote of Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Horton?

Yes. Mr. Bryant? Yes. And I vote yes. And next on the agenda is new business. Uh we have uh voter registration. Mr. Revvis, if you'll come up, please. Good evening everybody. Thank you for allowing us to present a request this evening.

What we are asking for is relocation of two polling places. Um first one is the Carol County Middle School. Second one is Gladville Elementary School. Um I'll go one at a time I guess probably would make the most sense. uh middle school and I know both of these places have been polling locations for a very long time. It's what folks have gotten used to. But at the middle school, if we are at the front entrance, we're fine. Um if we are not, we have issues. We don't have an ADA compliant spot to go. Um their preferred alternate location is the course room that's around front of the building. Uh that is not ADA compliant in any way. The entrance isn't, the room itself isn't. Um, and it's a dangerous location. The last time we actually used that room, one of our pole workers fail because the floor is two different levels. Two weeks later, they ended up having surgery. So, that is not a spot that we will ever go back to because it's just not safe for one. Um, we don't have a consistent voting location um or area for voters there. If school is out and we're at the front, you know, the main entrance, that's fine. If not, we can't use the courseroom now, and that seemed to always have been the go-to before. Gym can be an option, but then that puts a real kink in their class schedules for kids in the gym. So, we actually had to do, I think it was last June, we had to do an emergency polling place relocation where we went through the Department of Elections for that because we did not have a spot that we could vote at the middle school. We went to the church, Hillsville Christian Church, that's directly across the street. Um they have a nice open fellowship area. Um not in the sanctuary any place at all, but they're in the fellowship area.

Um and we have asked them if they would agree to us using that if if you all approve a relocation, if we could actually move to that spot permanently. They do have good parking. They did approve um they went with their church board, met with their church board and they have no issue with us making that a permanent polling location. We talked to the funeral home because they do share that parking area. The funeral home is fine with us using parking for voters, you know, when needed. Um it would mostly be on the church side and of course there's street parking there as well if it was needed. um in the June election, what was the reason the schools

they uh they had something going on in the gym with remodeling, something like that.

So that the gym area was not available. Um one thing that concerns us with the schools with both of these when schools in session then you got all the kids in the schools. So we have to try to keep where we're coming in and leaving as much away from the kids. We don't, you know, want folks roaming through the hallways, that sort of thing. We don't feel good about that. So, um, middle school, like I said, if it can be there at the front main entrance, that works fine. When school's in session, that can't happen. And the way we have moved our June primaries now to the third Tuesday, we're pretty much every time we have a June primary, we're hitting summer school. So, we're running into that issue more often than we used to. Um,

it don't affect the high school. No, the high school is a whole different whole different deal. So this is just the middle school only. So you I mean what I'm asking is it with kids in school at the high school, it don't affect you there. It's not where we have been uh conducting the voting at the high school is in between the auditorium and the gym. Okay.

And they don't necessarily block off that space, but they limit the travel coming through in that area. Um the doors that they use are right there at where they're going into the voting area where they put up the new handicap ramp. So we don't when somebody comes in, they're hitting our folks first thing. They're not having to go any other route going through the school for anything. So we've not had an issue with that at the high school. No. Are the elementary schools that we use that don't affect the mayor? Uh Glaville Elementary School is the other one that I'm going to ask about tonight.

We have been using the gym there. There's not an alternate spot for that one. Um, we asked about possibly using a room closer to the front where voters voters could have better parking and they don't have anything available that we could use when school. That one kind of has its own set of issues. Um, we consistently have a problem on election day with either the buses are still parked outside, they have some kind of group coming into the voting area to do practices or sessions or whatnot. This past June, middle of summer when it was hot, they were have we were having to or they had people bringing in blankets because they were freezing to death that the heat and cooling adjustment is off. We tried to deliver there in June and the entrance that the guys from the maintenance department used to deliver, they were getting ready to strip the floors and told them they couldn't come through and you know I had to tell them you know that they have to come through. There's not an option. So the folks that actually work that polling place have asked us to try to find someplace else because they have issues just about every time we have an election there. And I know we've mentioned before, we do not have ADA compliant parking at um Galax or Glaville Elementary and we can't temporarily fix that because the parking area that's back where the voting entrance is is where all of the buses are parked with the charging stations. So, you can't take those charging stations out and you can't get a an accessible parking spot in there. The only option um is like path where the buses come through. Well, where the buses come through is where the voters are going to come through too. So, there's no way to plug in a temporary fix there.

But you you're just having these problems most time during summer though, correct? Because school's closed the rest of the time. U in November we the parking we still don't have a we've got almost 2,000 voters there. We have what seven or eight bus parking lots. I mean that there's nowhere near enough parking at Glville Elementary regardless of whether school's open or not. Right. Um and the voters do complain about that. This where would where would that location move to?

That one we're looking at Mount Olivet uh church on the fourlane next to Hills Trucking. They have a nice large parking lot and they have a large fellowship hall. Um and there we've spoken to them. They are agreeable with that serving as a polling place. That's about a two- mile difference. It takes about three minutes. So neither spot is 20 miles down the road or 20 minutes down the road. They're still fairly close to where folks would be or have been used to going. So we don't feel like it would be a significant burden on a voter to go to one of these that we're requesting as opposed to what they've been going to.

The only thing that would stick out to me at that location would be the elderly that are voting the traffic right there at high rates of speed getting in and out. But I would have to look at that some more. Okay. I've been in and out of there several times. I mean, you've got a good view either way. The only way I think the only way you can go is right. You can only go right. That's what I thought. You're only going right into you wouldn't be cutting across traffic there. They come down that hill fly. Yeah. There's been a lot of wrecks right there. But anyway, so so at Gladeville, they don't vote in front. No, they vote in the gym in the back. There's and we asked about an area in the front. They don't have an area in the front that we could use.

So that you know that's the two spots that we're looking at and we're trying we wanted to get on the agenda early because most likely um some changes in legislation. We expect if there are going to be primary elections, even local ones, it's going to be conducted by our office as opposed to mass meetings and that kind of thing because there's some limitations and restrictions on that that are a little difficult for the parties to be able to do it on their own anymore, the local parties. So, we wanted to do it well in advance so that we'd have plenty of time to meet all the legal requirements and all the notices and whatnot that we have to do. Um, there's two ways to do it. One is a public notice and public comment period and then the other is requesting department of justice. Either one of those take like at least two months.

Attorney general. Yeah, the attorney Sorry, what' I say? Department of Justice just slap me. Attorney General it is. Sorry. Way back when. But yeah, the two ways it it takes time to do either one. And then we would need to mail new voter notices to all of those voters so that they had the information on the new voting locations. Um, and we would probably want to hold some kind of maybe something here or something just a little information something if folks have questions or whatnot, you know, even after get they get the cards if it's approved so that we would have a chance to explain and make sure that they understand where they're going and why and what's happening. So,

have you talked to the school about parking in front of the label and walking down to the because it's not that far of a walk. It it's not there's not a that's not a good idea. It's not that far to walk, but if you have bad weather, you're going through all that grass and everything. If it's icy or something in November, then somebody could slip and fall grass. And it's asking going around the side of the building. Is that what you're talking about? The front door. We don't want to ask them to allow voters that are unescorted to walk all the way through the school to get back to the gym. Okay.

We don't we just don't think that that's a safe idea. Um the restrictions that a lot of folks might have at the schools for who comes in, sexual predators for example, they can't be restricted from coming in to vote. The school would either have to escort them from the front door back to the voting area or we one of our workers and we're generally short-handed for just about every election. So we wouldn't want to have to commit somebody to do that. And there's not issues at at the high school or St. Paul. No, St. Paul is great. St. or Oakland, right? No, we haven't had anything going at at Oakland. Okay.

I'm sorry. Which one was for uh where was the secondary location for Hillsville Middle School? Across the street at the Christian church, their fellowship hall. Do you vote in Laurel still? Yes, we don't have any issues with Laurel. That's all I have. Mr. Anybody else have anything? I have a uh an unrelated question if I could. Sure. Do you know anything about a state police investigation into misidentifying party affiliation in the last election? Yes. We requested that there be one. So that was initiated by who? By the electoral board myself.

Okay. It's all volunteer. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Ris. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Have a good holiday. Have a good night. Good, too. Take it under. Yeah, we're moving. All right. Next on the agenda, uh, new business is quarterly appropriations. entertain a motion to approve the quarterly appropriations as presented. Make that motion.

I have a motion by excuse me. Motion by Mr. Collins. Do I have a second? I make a second. Okay. Start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Moore. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes. Okay. Next on the agenda is old business. We do have committee appointments. If anyone wants to make a motion. Uh, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion that we appoint Travis Austin to the rec committee. Okay. Going to reappoint Travis Austin to the rec committee. Have a motion to have a second. Second. Second. Okay. I'll start the vote with Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Moore. Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Bryant? Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. And I vote yes.

Is there any more? Mr. Chairman, I would like to nominate Gary Jessup for reappointment as Laura Fork district representative to the PSA. Okay, I have a motion for Gary Jess for Laura Fork representative on PSA. Do I have a second? Second. Okay, I start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? I abstain. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes. You don't have any more appointments. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a reappoint for Mr. Jeff Johnson to the EDA board. Okay. Have a motion to reappoint Jeff Johnson to the EDA EDA board. Do I have a second? Second.

Okay. I'll start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Horton? Abstain. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes. PSA for Ronnie and I can't make active statements. Okay. Ronnie and Joey. Mhm. Okay. I would like to uh nominate uh uh Ronnie and Mr. Collins and Mr. Dixon for reappointment to the PSA board. Okay. Have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Okay. I'll start the vote with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton?

Yes. Mr. Collins abstain. Mr. Moore abstain. Mr. Early. Yes. And I abstain. Still passes by majority. Them three appointments have to be sworn in this month. It had to be done tonight. Okay. Do I have any more? Do we want to do district three? Well, let swearing in be on the same day as the It will. I make a motion for Mr. Bryant to serve district three. I have a motion for Mr. Bron to serve him on district three. Do I have a second? Second. Okay. I'll start the vote with Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Bryant?

Abstain. And I vote yes. I make a motion for Mr. Horton and the Southwest Associ. Is it the the landfield? Southwest Authority. Landfield. Landfield. I needed something. Okay. Letter there. Yeah. All right. I have a motion. Mr. Horton has served on the southwest Virginia landfield again. Second. Okay. Second by Mr. Collins. I'll start the vote. Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton? Abstained. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes. Mr. Chairman, I'll make a nomination to reappoint Mr. Moore as a district three alternate. Okay. Have a motion for Mr. Moore to be the District Three alternate. Do I have a second? Second. Okay. I'll start the vote with Mr. Horton. Yes. Mr. Bryant,

yes. Mr. Collins, yes. Mr. Moore, yes. They're abstain. I'm sorry. Mr. Early, yes. And I vote yes. I do have one more question. Mr. Watson, I know you serve on the Bridita board. And do you have just a conflict to serve as chair or can you still serve on that board? Um, I am going to uh um address that at our Monday meeting. Um, I would have to check the bylaws, but my understanding it's by not by appointment, but it's by uh position. Okay. So, I think

but if you're abstaining from any voting, I think we should put a representative on there for the, you know, just check on that for us is my question on that. Okay. So we could be ready to appoint somebody else if you what we don't want to do is lose a voting representative from that board. I'll try to pull it up right. What board was that? I have a question about that. Does the proced bylaws require the administrator or manager you see the city manager Gayax the county administrator for G Grayson and the county administrator for

Yeah I I get that but I don't want us to get into a situation that has to abstain from it and then we lose a vote in it then yeah we definitely need to keep our foot the the one the the really don't want to discuss out in public but I don't want to it's only one project that could There's only one project that uh could possibly be conflict. I don't want discussed. I just want to know if we can have you serve on it and we can get our representative and our votes for our county as we should be able to. That's all I have. Thank you. Okay. Do we have any more committee appointments? All right. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to uh nominate uh Ronald Newman uh for reappointment to the Twin County E911.

Okay. Have a motion to put Ronald Newman back on Twin County E911. Do I have a second? Second. Okay. I'll start the vote with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote. Yes. I'll make a motion to reappoint Mr. Dixon to the 911 board. Second. Okay. Have a motion and second to uh Joey Dixon on the 911 board to start the vote with Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Early? I already voted. I'm sorry. Who did I miss? You missed me. I'll vote. Okay. Sorry. And I And I abstain. Do we have any more committee appointments?

Do we need to put Tracy back on as an alternate for district three? Thank you. There's a lot going on. I think that's all the committee appointments for now. So, uh, what about Sorry, the ones at the top of the sheet. Rick and Bob Martin. the ninth district. Oh, that's one that she serves on anyway. Is it an appointment? You got him already. But Bob Martin. Yeah. Oh, they what? Okay. So, we got All right. I'll make that motion for the ninth district. Miss Low. Second. That one meeting between now and April, I guess. Okay. Start the vote with Mr. Early. Yes. Mr. Bryant? Yes. Mr. Collins?

Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Again? Yes. And the NR I voted for. Yes. I voted twice and I voted. There's a lot going on on our papers down here. I don't know this moving or what the roof is wiggling or we're all out of. Can I uh There's one other appointment. It's for the uh NRDNC Bob Martin. Could we table that? Is it Yeah. Yeah. Let's table that into Let's table that one. See if there's Yeah. He didn't want to apply for I don't think he's applied. I think his term just ended. Is he Is he still going to the He is Okay. Yeah, sounds good.

All right. If that's all the committee appointments, we'll move on to board member comments and I will start with Mr. Bryant. Yeah. I'd just like to thank the staff and all the county employees and I hope everybody has a merry Christmas and a happy new year and thank the board for all they do. Thank you, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Horton. Yeah, basically just want to tell everybody thank you for everything the county is doing, all the hard work from staff. Uh look forward to everybody having a merry Christmas and uh be careful with this bad weather we've been having. And that's all I got. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Horton, Mr. Collins. just say merry Christmas and thank everybody for working hard. They've been working hard with all the PSA issues and everything else that's come along. They put in a lot of hours. So, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Collins. Mr. Early,

I would like to make a motion to uh approve uh grants to community centers and to nonprofits in the uh county and that's something we do annually. I'll start I'll make two motions. First for the community session uh community centers uh for the law for community center $10,000 web Southern Carroll Community Center $7,800 Lambsburg Community Center $5,000 and Ducksburg Community Center $8,000. I hope I got those numbers correct. Thank you. I'll second. Are you going to do them both together? I'm gonna do them separately.

Okay. Separate. All right. So, this is for the motion for this is for the community center. Community centers. All right. And I have a Mr. Collins made the motion. No. He made the motion. Mr. made the second. Okay. Mr. Collins made a second. All right. Start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes.

And now for the nonprofits that applied for uh grants. Um, Friends of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church through the Genealogy Club, $3,500. Genealogy Club, $2,000. God's Storehouse, $5,000. Carol County Heritage Digitizing Organization, $ 3,200. Carol County Historical Society, 1,000. Brain Injury Solutions,500, Grace, Grit, and Gratitude, Inc. 30,000.

Okay. Have a motion from Mr. Early. That's going to be like he said, community centers and nonprofits we do every year. We're just a little behind on them. And this is for the nonprofits. So, do I have a second? Second. Okay. I'm going to start the voting with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Moore? Yes. Mr. Early? Yes. And I vote yes. And my last comment is I want to wish everyone a very merry Christmas, happy new year, and please be careful during the holiday period. Thank you, Mr. Early, Mr. Moore.

Yeah, I'll u echo what the rest of the board has said. Wish everybody a happy holiday and new year and thank the board for all they do. It's we're blessed that we all back here another year. It's an honor to serve with each of you and hope each of you have a holiday and blessings. I want to thank the citizens for being patient with us this month and getting the meeting in. You know, it's been stressful on us as well as county and I think Crystal's glad it's finally done and appreciate her efforts to get try to get hit any three times and u Mr. Durban all your work on taking care of us this year. Thank you for that. Thanks, sir.

And uh Mr. Watson for what he does for not only the board but the employees and making sure they're taken care of. And you know it's seems like um anytime you look at newspaper something there's been some bad accidents or this or that that are our first responders are working toward and you know let's just keep them in our thoughts and and thank them the EMS for all they do for our citizens the police department and the fire departments. You know, there a lot of people out there and our public works and just everybody right now, just check in on the elderly and stay safe and enjoy the holidays. Thank you all again. Means a lot.

Thank you, Mr. Moore. I just like to thank everyone, all the board members um for everything you've done this year and their employees, our staff had a some challenges and we've been able to make it through it and I appreciate everybody's willingness to serve. Um and I do want to wish everyone hope everyone has a merry Christmas and a happy new year and enjoy time with your family. Hope you get some time off and definitely like Mr. Moore saying a big thank you to our our rescue squads or EMS and um fire department and sheriff's office as well. When it gets had a lot of accidents lately in the colder weather, it seems to get worse. So, but uh that's all I have and I'll go to Mr. Watson.

Excuse me. Um just one item I wanted to touch about is broadband in Carol County. Um, I know uh over the last several years we've been working on broadband and and the opportunity to provide services throughout the community. Um, I did give an update a little while back about uh citizens and the hard work they have done in order to provide uh internet services throughout the county and they're currently installing. Uh we're also uh uh have completed the paperwork and are waiting on VOTE permits in order to start the uh uh body process. And that will u um uh include a good proportion of the county along with uh the ARC area. Uh we're still waiting on the federal government in order to approve the contract with our ARC to kick off. But um some other good news is uh the state is beginning is uh close to being finished out all the beat as well. Um hopefully by July you should be able to see some construction starting. Uh once you combine citizens um zaitel with the arc the body and the bead um it should cover every um address should have the opportunity for broadband service. So um the clock is already starting on um body. So within you know an estimated less than two years you should see uh fiber and every the opportunity for fiber at anybody's home.

So and uh just to give you an idea we are working with uh ZIEL we we are the on the body application Carol County is the applicant. The funding runs through us. Zaitel is our selective contractor to do it. Uh they're going to be using uh the piece of property we have on 58 that's already fenced in to store some materials and a little bit of equipment. Uh it's a very good location and disperse. They'll be uh the main provider for services to install new services throughout the county. So, did you say on 58 on the corner of 58 the property we bought that we uh check 52

52 out the end of town where uh we uh bypassing 52. Yeah, 58 bypass. Well, I noticed Vid DOT had moved their equipment and they've got a few more pieces of equipment. The equipment's being stored for some work at the post office. Um and where they pay Main Street. Yes. So, uh that should be off within the next little bit. But if you see equipment there, it's a great place for storage. So yeah, being as part of a partnership with us, I spoke to county attorney and we're allowed to let them use it. So

Well, good. One other question if you don't mind. U you know, I've been a part of that since day one. Is there going to be any overlap between citizens and zitel and coverage? No. Um they will not um uh cover the area that is under the uh uh community connect grant other than that uh any other location. They could they could possibly overlap. They can't use uh federal or state money on that area because it's already received some funding. But you'll see it you'll see in some areas where you'll have dual providers.

Good. I'm glad to see it. Now, one of the things another uh great thing with the bleed applica with bleed process is the uh state is looking at putting a a uh like a billboard up online that you can go check process I mean their uh progress day by day. So, it'll be updated I guess every month and then you'll be able to tell where they're at working within the county. So, one of the big pushes on the B process is even though the county is not financially involved in it, it's a way for the citizens to be able to get input

and I know that citizens is currently uh they want you to go online and apply for service. Is does Zitel require the same? They will. Uh right now uh they're still with the the getting the permits once they start breaking ground. They're hopefully uh they're looking at trying to put an office in Carol County. Uh to my understanding a permanent office. Um they on the bead application they got Grayson, Gayax, and us. So um out of those three, the plan is to start Carol first.

So Mike, how's the work that's being done by Spectrum play into all that? They weren't even in that equation, were they? You're seeing providers now going out on and like Bright Speed, they're running fiber as well. I mean, my understanding from I've talked to the folks that are doing the spectrum, every address in my district below the mountain's going to have they're trying to get piece of pie for the rest of

I mean, and most of them already have it. I mean, they've already buried it, but it looks like they're coming up the mountain. Are they coming all the way up? Do these other areas that we've got? Well, you'll see these providers and I don't get communication on it. They don't let me know where I get customers. I mean, people within the county that'll reach out to me and then I'll reach out to Charter or whoever it is, Bright Speed, and try to get an update on where they're going. Um but uh Charter had a percentage of ka that's been on there for some period of time that they just haven't done and they're really pushing out to do that and also expanding their service. Um

but it's done now.

Yeah. But you'll have a in the future whenever the grants were pro when they were applied for when the when they did the passings. Uh what that allowed for is a list of people a list that these are the people don't have it. Okay, at this point in time. Well, what they're trying to do is they're trying to get because once they're once it's out there, there's no new C. I mean, you might get one home and things. So, the best part about it is the way it's working now is you might have a lot of areas that might be able to charter or zitel or bright speed. So, you're going to have competitiveness. So you're not stuck with one provider. You you might not be stuck with you know a lot of the groups that we named have local community I mean u uh what do you call it uh service centers but some providers you you get call centers all over the world or you're required to go online and talk to a a chatbot or something in order to do it. um citizens I tell some of the other ones will have fairly local numbers where you're really talking to a person. So, and other than that, just wishing everybody a merry Christmas. Thank you, Mr. Watson. Mr. Dervin,

uh no comments, Mr. Chairman, other than just to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Okay. And that did bring uh our attention. Mr. Moore and I was talking uh it's hard to remember everybody and we do apologize but we want to thank VOTE as well. They've done a great job especially through these storms and uh this last little bit of snow. I mean they're going up and down the house and travel several roads and they they out and done a great job. So not just on that but on everything they do. So absolutely. Okay. With that I'll entertain a motion for adjournment. Make that motion. Okay. Do I have a second? Second. Start with Mr. Bryant. Yes. Mr. Horton. Yes. Mr. Collins. Yes. Mr. Moore. Yes. Yes. Yes.